| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10970987 | Animal Behaviour | 2012 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
⺠We studied causes of variability in the mother-neonate relationship in wild baboons. ⺠The more experience a mother had, the more initiative her newborn infant exhibited. ⺠At each level of maternal experience, sons exhibited more initiative than daughters. ⺠Suckling by daughters was predicted from maternal rank and prenatal oestrogens. ⺠Our results suggest sex differences in primate life history emerge early in infancy.
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Authors
Nga Nguyen, Laurence Gesquiere, Susan C. Alberts, Jeanne Altmann,